Fabric Facades: Smart Wraps

Fabric Facades: Smart Wraps

Fabric façades are the new generation façade materials and are much more than just a textile wrap for a building; since they give savings in weight, sub-construction and material consumption are sustainable and economical.
Revolutionary Facade Concepts

Revolutionary Facade Concepts

Architects have designed various types of facades over the years; each facade indicates that the construction has something distinctive to offer. Façades are the most essential architectural components, with the ability to influence the inhabitant experience
Stainless Steel Cladding

Stainless Steel Cladding

Elegant yet durable, beauty with strength, tough but still easy to fabricate, and low maintenance cost are some of the attributes that define stainless steel, making it an ideal material for enhancing the elevation of new-age buildings and infrastructure
Striking Ceramic Façade

Striking Ceramic Façade

Working closely with MVRDV, Agrob Buchtal created flat and profiled surfaces in a special shade of grey to create a striking ceramic outer skin for this residential complex. Ilot Queyries - the impressive new building grabs onlookers’ attention with its heights, depths, and angles
Asian Streck Metals: Making Mesh Facades

Asian Streck Metals: Making Mesh Facades

Expanded Metal Facade Screen is a versatile and eye-catching medium which offers an interesting option for architects, consultants and interior designers looking to create unusual facades and giving buildings a distinctive character. Sidharth Saraf, Owner, Asian Streck Metals
Fostering Connections in Architecture

Fostering Connections in Architecture

Saurabh Goenka, architect and urban designer at S9 Architecture, New York, shares his approach towards creating meaningful relationships in architecture. Architecture is an amalgamation of several philosophies - grandeur, spatial ideologies, aesthetics, materiality
Acoustic Design of Facades

Acoustic Design of Facades

One of the main difficulties in designing low energy, modern buildings is the prevention of noise break-in from the many noisy sources such as motorways, dual carriageways, trains, aeroplanes and city noise. The acoustic design of the facade becomes fundamental; and the ability
Glamour & Creativity

Glamour & Creativity

Glamour & Creativity MVRDV completes second Bvlgari façade at flagship store in Bangkok. Located in the IconSiam department store – one of the largest malls in Asia – the project is the second in a series of façades designed by MVRDV for the luxury brand. MVRDV was tasked with rethinking
City Homes With Dynamic Elevations

City Homes With Dynamic Elevations

Vivek Gupta, CMD & Ritu Gupta, Director, of Delhi-based architectural firm Pramod Group share trends in façade design, materials, lighting, and eye-catching features. The latest trends in contemporary building facades veer towards a bold and stylish look combining
The Metallic Look

The Metallic Look

The most common material options for metal cladding are galvanized steel, aluminium, stainless steel, zinc, copper, titanium, etc, each of which have their own strengths and weaknesses; the choice of material will be influenced by the desired aesthetics
The Fabric Wave

The Fabric Wave

A wave pattern façade was planned to camouflage the existing facade and raise the design quotient. The design team played with tensile fabric to achieve the flexibility and fluidity, which also creates a barrier from the west side sun, directly hitting the façade
Solid Aluminum: A Clear Winner in High Rise Buildings

Solid Aluminum: A Clear Winner in High Rise Buildings

Solid aluminum is the material for future facades; its versatility, economics and fire compliant properties make it a clear choice for sustainable façade design, creating long-term value for the building. It is also being successfully used as a material for ventilated
 Forensic Analysis of Fire-Resistant Facades

Forensic Analysis of Fire-Resistant Facades

Fire safety of a building façade hinges on the material used for the façade and the fixing structure integrity during fire; however, almost 99% of the time we select a façade material by looking at the samples and its technical datasheet; but we fail to analyze the whole
Kingspan Dri-Design Impresses

Kingspan Dri-Design Impresses

Designed by Brian Dunlop Architects, Kilkenny Cinema in Ireland is the new landmark building in the heart of Kilkenny, made outstanding with the distinctive Kingspan Dri-Design Shadow Rainscreen Façade System
Where Quality Meets Vision

Where Quality Meets Vision

Ahmedabad-based PSP Projects Ltd is one of India’s fastest growing multi-disciplinary construction company, offering a diversified range of construction and allied EPC services across industrial, institutional, government, and residential projects

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